The eldest daughter is not easy to bully

Chapter 40

Martin thought out his words, and said it all.

"Since I found the wife of the city lord, the lives of us people have become a little easier. The protection fee is collected once every three months, which is still one tael of silver. The cleaning fee has also been changed to be paid every ten days."

Ling Qing asked back: "Because of this, are you very grateful to Jiang Qing?"

"That's because the chief security guard is the head of the protection fee collection. He is willing to collect fees after such a long period of time without increasing the price. That's because the wife of the city lord paid for us in advance!"

"The lady of the city lord has been paying in advance for two years. There are 38 households in total, how much do you have to pay!" Martin looked ashamed: "If it wasn't for the advance payment for us, the Ling family wouldn't be in such a difficult situation."

Ling Qing narrowed his eyes, even if he paid in advance, the Ling family would not be so poor.

If it was said that Jiang Qing hadn't conspired with these protection fee collectors, Ling Qing wouldn't believe a single strand of her hair: "Who told you that the Ling family had a hard time?"

"Bao Zhang said, everyone in the city knows about it."

"Are you paying now?"

"Take it!"

"Then Jiang Qing now, do you still help to pay in advance?"

Martin lowered his head and realized that he had said something wrong. At this moment, he didn't even dare to peek at Ling Qing's expression.

Ling Qing understood in an instant, why Jiang's information was unfair, Martin and the others were just afraid that no one would help to advance the little protection fee!

There are so many people who go to trouble Ling's house, don't they have a brain?
Ling Qing didn't believe it.

It's because people are afraid of trouble, how could they be so easily instigated to make a big disturbance in the city lord's mansion!

Martin's nervous hands trembled.

Ling Qing picked up the teacup and blew on the tea leaves floating on the water.

She glanced at Martin, who was still hesitating when he raised his head and lowered his head many times, and asked lightly, "Do you have to think about half a stick of incense for such a simple question?"

Martin suddenly fell to the ground, and the eight-foot-tall man cried: "She didn't pay in advance. The little one was also forced and had no choice. If he didn't make trouble, the security chief would threaten his family's life."

Ling Qing just wanted to take a sip of tea, when he heard Martin's words, he put down the teacup and said calmly, "Since the day I returned to Ducheng, rumors have been circulating in your ears every day, the rumor that I killed someone , You must have heard of it!"

He must have heard it!

It's just that the eyes, ears and heart are blinded by money, and the rest becomes unimportant.If Ling Qing was as temperamental as the rumors said, how could he have the opportunity to say these things at this moment.

He had long been on the Wuming Mountain, waiting to be cut up and eaten by wild dogs.

"Miss, those ten killers were sent by the security chief to monitor us. If we don't do what they say, all our property will be confiscated and we will be driven to the slums."

"Girl, big girl, please save them!" Martin never raised his head, he felt ashamed to face Ling Qing: "As long as you let the mayor's wife go, it's fine, we won't dare to disturb the city lord's mansion after we are killed." Yes! The little ones can swear poisonous oaths."

Slums, these three words made Ling Qing's heart sink.

Xu Dazheng went to deal with the burial of Doctor Gu, mostly with the help of the city residents in the slums.

They are all the original city dwellers in Ducheng.

Regarding the existence of the slums, Ling Qing asked Xu Dazheng to investigate after meeting Xinghe, but he was too busy to ask for the result.

Even after Dr. Gu's burial was settled, it was only through Zhu Xin that it reached her.

Back to the present, Ling Qing couldn't help but sneer: "So what if you let it go? So what if you don't let it go?"

"As long as they let it go, they won't threaten us anymore, and we can live the life we ​​used to. Please, let everything go back to the way it was before, please!"

Ling Qing stood up slowly: "Back to the past? Which past?"

"Back when Jiang Qing paid the protection fee for you?"

"Or go back to the time when the city lord led you to get rich together?"

Martin raised his head abruptly, his face was covered with tears, and he asked in a low voice, "What did you say just now?"

Ling Qing curled her lips: "I said a lot, which one are you referring to?"

"Back to the time when the city lord brought us to get rich together." Martin swallowed his saliva: "What does this mean?"

"It means literally."

Martin didn't quite believe it. He looked at Ling Qing's firm little face and shook his head, but couldn't say the word 'impossible'.

outside the interrogation room.

Gu Pingzhe kept his ears close to the cabin, but no matter how close he was, he couldn't hear what Ling Qing and Martin were talking about.

But he could hear Martin crying.

He couldn't help spitting on the ground in disgust, and there was a hint of fear in his heart.

Normally, Martin was never afraid of being put on the neck with a knife.

Why did Ling Qing cry so badly after being tortured for a while? !
Is that torture terrible? !

When Gu Pingzhe thought about that day, he was slapped by Xiao Yan's subordinates, and he lost two teeth, which hurt him to death.Then if he is punished again, won't he even lose his life?
No, he has to think of a way!
Clang!
Gu Pingzhe kicked the prison door hard, and the door was not crooked, so his tears came out first.

He saw a figure coming out of the interrogation room, and hurriedly hid in the corner, for fear of being seen, he covered his ears and closed his eyes.

It was Wei Qiu who came out of the hut.

He just came out to see what the sound was just now.

Once I saw Gu Pingzhe's birdy appearance, I didn't need to look at it to understand it.

He probably wanted to injure himself to avoid interrogation.

The last time he cut his finger, he falsely claimed that he was bleeding profusely, dizzy, flustered, unable to speak or hear clearly.That's why Wei Qiu slapped him, and then slapped all the truth.

Wei Qiu despised Gu Pingzhe for a while before returning to the interrogation room.

At this time, Martin has calmed down.

As long as Ling Qing asked anything, he would answer it seriously.

"Except for people collecting protection fees in Nanjiao Lane, where else are you oppressed by such people?"

Martin said sadly: "Because of this matter, I specially went to other alleys to investigate, including the east and north of the city, and even the west of the city."

"The result is that only Nanjiaoxiang in the south of the city and the slums in the west of the city have such people. We in Nanjiaoxiang are all doing well, and we can show our faces and earn a living."

"It's not good in the slums. They don't even have a problem eating. As soon as they leave the gate of the slums, they will be beaten if they are found. Don't talk about making money, eating is also a problem."

Hearing this, Ling Qing didn't understand anything.

I'm afraid Jiang Qing's advance payment is not true. It is really only the so-called security chief who used it before driving Martin and the others to the slums.

"Are you sure that only Nanjiaoxiang and the slums have people like Baochang?"

"Yes. Now the entire Ducheng seems to have been washed, and it has become the site of new urban residents everywhere. If you want to find original urban residents like Xiao, you will only be left in the slums."

Ling Qing clenched his hand on the desk into a fist, and Ling Chengtian's words sounded in his ears.

Spies from other countries have infiltrated every corner of Ducheng.

Ling Qing looked at Martin: "You are the main citizen of Nanjiao Lane?"

Martin nodded: "Yes. The neighbors are relatively timid. Only the small ones dared to fight with those who collect protection fees. Although they were defeated in the end, after that, the neighbors will discuss everything with the small ones."

"Now that you've been arrested, wouldn't they be in a mess?"

"It's not a big problem. There is still the younger brother, and that kid has more brains than the younger one." When Martin mentioned his younger brother, the corners of his mouth couldn't stop curling up.

Ling Qing walked up to Martin, knelt down and looked at him as an equal.

"Now, do you want to go home and meet your mother and brother?"

Martin froze.

"Huh?" Ling Qing reminded again, and Martin came back to his senses.

"Girl, is the girl going to let me go?"

"Yes."

Seeing Ling Qing's smile, Martin suddenly became nervous: "Then, does the girl want to make any conditions?"

Ling Qing likes to deal with cleverness: "I want you to take me to that person named Baochang."

"Okay. But girl, do you want to confront them? Their people are taller and stronger than the little ones."

"This girl has already said that my fist is not as weak as yours." Ling Qing brought Wei Qiu's food to Martin: "Before I go to you, you have to pretend that you haven't said anything to me. , live as before.”

Martin swallowed, he understood and saw clearly, Ling Qing's eyes were murderous.

The fist does not look like half a small steamed bun, but a whole big steamed bun.

(End of this chapter)